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Show ,. I ~ ~ j .1 .I !. Rhoda Matheson Wood ":,)1 ( "It ·'1 ,2 ':,·:fJ 11:" t! .. rU .1 AI1"'')! v . -, (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Indians for buckskin. a', rropi . fs ~:~.~r(:'(lrrtrs B u c k ski n gar m eot s, necessary for ' eXlstenc'e n article forms part of a however, when wet, became the new countfy: "'1,..) ,I • longer work, an unshapeless, stretched,. and . A~ leavening for bread, published manuscript useless. One man thought salt-risig or sour dough was . written in 1951 as part of the to remedy this situation by the standby. Later, .when observance of Cedar City's trimming off the much too potatoes became widely centennial. The man,uscript long, muddy legs of his used, they had yeast. is now in the Rhoda trousers . . , Dry again; he Weed greens, sego bulbs, Matheson Wood Collection found himself In knee ground cherries, service, in the Special Collections Room of the Southern Utah ' britches which he had to bull, elder, and goose wear for a long time berries, wild onions, State College Library and because there was no pinenuts, and acorns were appears here by permission replacement. ~ useiFlo help out {he food of June Wood Danvers, Mrs. The Wildens are creditea supply. Wood's daughter. It was At one time, black canker with bringing to Cedar City printed in a Spectrum swept through Southern the first few head of sheep. Supplement in May and is As the number of sheep Utah. Many died for the reprinted as being the best increased in the com- need of sweet. A group went known account of life 'in Old munity, so did yard goods ; to the meadow where .the Fort.) _ , willows and cottonwood There was plenty of talent and the clothing scarcity leaves were covered with . and ability within the Old was somewhat alleviated. The people made honeydew. A syrup made Fort, but little to do with. by rinSing the . twigs in Sewing thread, for exam- everything they used: medicines from herbs, cloth water,- then boiling the ple, was a treasured article. Until the Washington cotton from wool, hats from straw liquid down into' something sweet cured their,canker. (rye, if they could get it), (mill) got to producing Each fall , 8.' group of along in 1862 or 1863, the glue from hooves, horns, linen warp from a worn and ears of animals, can- people made a trip to Salt Lake City to' trade, attend sheet was carefully handled dIes from tallow, rope and strings from oose leave~, . conference, go to the so as to provide thread. temple, and tend to other , There was small chance soap from cottonwood (ash to replace worn out was best) ashes leached out ·buslness. When another wagon or more was added clothing. 'Wagon covers, and combined with fat, dyes from each settlement, a bed ticks, and buckskin from plants and minerals, goo d 1Y " s i zed t r a i n were made to . serVe as salt from the water of Little Salt Lake, Salt Creek augmented the general clothing materials. : Buckskin ' also made nice (refined by Brother Bar- conference meetings. The group of singers mocassins. Anything the nhurst), or Quirchipa Lake, during these years of life in spare, molasses or syrup from people had to the fort was led by Robert therefore, was traded to the . vegetables, and on through i Our ~k.illed staff can eliminate all · typ·~s of stains, -·t.ear.s;::Er cks ~nd scratches. The re- ' stored copy will f:lave the charm of the oJiginal and th~. appeal .of a neW phdto~rapl+' You~ or!g~pa1-;'pi #tU'te ;will be returned- ~to ..·you untiar.m~q. Bripg yo;ur ch~ri~f:l~d'qlq ph9t9gr~pffs to ·us,lnow. "~ ~. ",j' .- ' , ' .. . ... . . ... . . 1 . ~ 1 • ~ " • a • _ _ _- .. t _ ,. ."..-~ f . . . !"" A "'":. fi:'(' -'Beauliful<5x7 '; ~'copy of' your . --=-:~.>ell!;r~"..r_..r~~"", ".~, .~~~,~,._J!!R!'J!!· ID£t_u",,", re_... ... , " Cedar City Brass Band. 'From the Josephine Isbell Collection. CoLirtesy SUSC Special Collections Library. |
